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Leading the transformative change movement in behavioral health crisis response

Behavioral health care's crisis response system is broken. Emergency rooms and jails often become default options for those needing care, despite their inability to provide adequate psychiatric treatment. To address this issue, the Roadmap...

May 18, 2023
Taylor Miranda, MPH
Media

Prince William County Dedicates Crisis Receiving Center

“Now, this facility is going to be state of the art. This facility is going to be the template,” Youngkin said.  “A facility that is not in a hospital setting, a facility that, in fact, is an inviting facility that has an opportunity for Vi...

May 16, 2023
Connections Health Solutions
Crisis Education

Empowered Patient podcast: On-demand behavioral health crisis care with Colin LeClair

Colin LeClair, CEO of Connections Health Solutions, shares his concerns with Karen Jagoda from the Empowered Patient Podcast about the lack of resources for people needing behavioral health crisis care and solutions for urgent and emergency...

May 15, 2023
Connections Health Solutions
Crisis Education

An Imperfect Guide to Crisis Stabilization Units: Matching the Right Level of Care to Individual Needs

All crisis facilities should be able to provide care that is recovery-oriented and focused on helping the individual return to community-based care. Other core capabilities include:

May 05, 2023
Connections Health Solutions
Media

Crisis Response Center: An alternative to incarceration

Dr. Margie Balfour, with the Crisis Response Center, says the Tucson Police Department can bring those in need of treatment directly to the facility for immediate care.

Apr 19, 2023
Connections Health Solutions
Media

New SAMHSA CCBHC Criteria Will Foster Innovation in Crisis Services Continuum

Recently, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) updated its Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) criteria to better align with its National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care.1

Apr 13, 2023
Connections Health Solutions
Media

Kirkland plans to build mental health crisis center

A coalition of five King County cities is set to build the county’s first walk-in mental health crisis care center, officials announced Wednesday, a move that comes before a countywide levy vote in April that could add even more such center...

Mar 13, 2023
Connections Health Solutions
Press Release

Connections Health Solutions to bring immediate access crisis stabilization and care to North King County Washington

March 8, 2023 – Connections Health Solutions, the leading innovator of immediate access behavioral health crisis care, is proud to announce it has secured a location in the 405 Kirkland Corporate Center in Kirkland, WA, for the county’s fir...

Mar 08, 2023
Connections Health Solutions
Media

The “unwinding” of the Medicaid continuous enrollment condition: 3 things to know

Beginning April 1, 2023, states may resume Medicaid redeterminations and terminations of coverage for those no longer eligible.

Feb 22, 2023
Connections Health Solutions
Media

The downward spiral: how Omaha’s criminal and mental health systems break down — and ways we could fix them

When it comes to addressing the intersections of mental health and criminal justice, it seems there aren’t many better places to work than Arizona.

Feb 14, 2023
Connections Health Solutions
Media

Recent federal policy updates aim to improve access to crisis care

As thought leaders in behavioral health crisis care, Connections Health Solutions (CHS) advocates at all levels of government for an improved and reimagined crisis response system that provides immediate access to high-quality behavioral he...

Feb 10, 2023
Connections Health Solutions
Press Release

New county partnership to expand behavioral health services

Maricopa County is investing $2.56 million into a new pilot program to expand behavioral health services. This pilot program will make Connections Health Solutions the second provider of Court-ordered evaluations in the County.

Jan 25, 2023
Connections Health Solutions
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